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HTML4 Test Suite</h1>
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
<p>This test suite was written with the participation of the members of the 
 <a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/">W3C HTML</a>
 <a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Group" title="W3C member only hyperlink">working group</a>.
 Thanks especially to the efforts of:
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<li><span class="name">Steven Pemberton</span>, 
  <a href="http://www.cwi.nl/"><abbr title="Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica" lang="nl">CWI</abbr></a> 
 (<a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Group/" title="W3C member only hyperlink.">HTML Working Group</a> Chair)</li>
<li><span class="name">Masayasu Ishikawa</span>, 
  <a href="http://w3.org/"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr></a> 
  (<a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/">HTML Activity</a> Lead)</li>
<li><span class="name">Shane McCarron</span>, 
  <a href="http://www.aptest.com/"><abbr title="Applied Testing and Technology">ApTest</abbr></a> (invited expert)</li>
<li><span class="name">Tantek &Ccedil;elik</span>, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> (representative)</li>
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<h2>Acknowledgements for the HTML4 Test Suite Contribution</h2>
<p>Many people contributed to the creation of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/WG/2002/07/HTML_TestSuite.zip">Contribution to the W3C HTML test suite</a> which this test suite is based on. They include the following:</p>
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<li><span class="name">Art Bobroskie</span> lead the effort, designed the structure of the suite, and created the documentation.</li>
<li><span class="name">Jeremy Bristol</span> wrote tests, wrote and edited assertions and helped to debug the infrastructure.</li>
<li><span class="name">Xiao-Qi Ye</span> wrote most of the tests for the initial drafts.</li>
<li><span class="name">Kien-Wei Tseng</span> wrote tests, wrote and edited assertions and helped to debug the infrastructure.</li>
<li><span class="name">Mark Hickenbottom</span> provided support for the tools to create the test suite.</li>
<li><span class="name">Shoko Ishizaka</span> wrote tests and assertions.</li>
<li><span class="name">Yoko Colgan</span> wrote tests and assertions.</li>
<li><span class="name">Chris Chen</span> wrote tests and assertions.</li>
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<p>Special thanks to the assistance and advice of:</p>
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<li><span class="name">Tantek &Ccedil;elik</span>, who acted as senior mentor for this effort.</li>
<li><span class="name">Sean Hayes</span>, who initiated this effort.</li>
<li><span class="name">Kirill Gavrylyuk</span>, who gave sage direction when it was needed.</li>
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<p>Thanks to the assistance and inspiration of:</p>
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<li>The many people who helped create the
<a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/CSS1/">W3C CSS1 Test Suite</a>,
the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Test/">W3C SVG Test Suite</a>
and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/2/03/11/soap-1.2-conformance.html">W3C SOAP Test Suite</a>.
This effort is ultimately an iteration of their good work.</li>
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